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A wise queen who captured many hearts; inspirational poet, writer, singer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou.⠀
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The reason I've made her Ex Libris a playing card is because of a unique aspect of her writing process. Maya Angelou would write in a rented hotel room, asking for all pictures to be removed and requesting housekeeping not to change the sheets since she never slept in there. Instead she would lay across the bed, propping herself up on one elbow with nothing around her except the yellow legal pads she liked to write on, the bible, a thesaurus, a bottle of sherry and a deck of playing cards or crossword puzzles. She developed an unusual habit of playing solitaire or completing crosswords when she found it difficult to unlock her inspiration and creativity and called this activity ‘occupying the little mind'. ⠀
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Although this notion started out as a childhood misinterpretation, she came to think of this little mind as sort of surface level thoughts that distract us while the big mind is where we think deep thoughts. Thus she would give her little mind tasks to keep it busy while she tried to unlock the thoughts ruminating underneath. It's difficult to articulate what this means but I know exactly what she was talking about.⠀
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Sometimes when I sit down to work I find myself overthinking things and that creative 'flow state' eludes me. I will stare at a blank page, trying to draw or write, waiting for the ideas to present themselves, but everything I think of is garbage so I get frustrated and give up or procrastinate endlessly with trivialities. I've started to unpick my work process and I’m learning healthy habits that are akin to this 'occupying the little mind'. Before I begin work I try to access a more relaxed state of mind rather than trying to jam myself into the role of creator. Tactics are different for everyone and to the outsider it might look like a waste of time but it's essential. For me it comes in the form of yoga, meditating, stream of consciousness writing, doodling mindlessly or sometimes literally staring into empty space.⠀
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Do you experience this phenomenon? What are some things you do to unleash your creative juices?

#michaelstrahan 🌟 #blackhistorymonth 🌟 #livinglegends 🌟 Michael Anthony Strahan /; born November 21, 1971 ) is a former American football defensive end who spent his entire 15-year career with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL ). Strahan set a record for the most sacks in a season in 2001, and helped the Giants win Super Bowl XLII over the New England Patriots in his final season in 2007. After retiring from the NFL, Strahan became a media personality. Strahan was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. He is currently a football analyst on Fox NFL Sunday, and co-host of on ABC's Strahan and Sara. He was previously on the syndicated daytime talk show Live! with Kelly and Michael with co-host Kelly Ripa from 2012 to 2016, where he was a two-time Daytime Emmy Award winner. In 2014, he became a regular contributor on morning show Good Morning America, and in 2016 the network announced that Strahan would be leaving Live! to join GMA on a full-time basis. 🌟 #believeinyourself#menofcolor#mentor#father#husband#sports#television#hero

Black History Month! Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode was an American athlete and actor. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first black players in the National Football League in the postwar era. After football, he went on to become a film actor, where he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Spartacus in 1960. He served in the United States Army during World War II. #blackhistorymonth#leader#icon#trailblazer#legend

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I'll never need you again 🌻 "At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along
And so you're back
From outer space
I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock, I should have made you leave your key
If I'd known for just one second you'd be back to bother me
Go on now, go, walk out the door
Just turn around now
'Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
Do you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die?" #dallas#worldstar#blackhistorymonth#gloriagaynor#nofilter#feminism#music Fuck you @garyallanmusic

WOGCF celebrates Black History Month!
FIRST BLACK RHODES SCHOLAR
Alain LeRoy Locke was an American philosopher, educator and writer. After obtaining an undergraduate degree from Harvard University, Locke became the first Black Rhodes Scholar. He later returned to the U.S. to complete his doctoral studies at Harvard where he got a PhD in philosophy in 1918.
Locke later earned the title “Father of the Harlem Renaissance," the period of social, cultural and artistic rebirth that took place in Harlem, New York, throughout the 1920s to the mid-1930s.
Locke continued to mold minds at Howard University as the Philosophy department chair, a role he would keep until his retirement in 1953. In fact, there is a New York City school, Alain L. Locke Magnet School for Environmental Stewardship, named after the educator.
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